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Sierra Leone NAPA Implementation: Incrementality of Adaptation

Sierra Leone NAPA Implementation: Incrementality of Adaptation. Presented by N. Telahigue CLIMTRAIN 2 nd Workshop IFAD, Rome 20 Nov 2008. Sierra Leone: Overview. Total area 71,740 sq km tropical hot and humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April)

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Sierra Leone NAPA Implementation: Incrementality of Adaptation

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  1. Sierra Leone NAPA Implementation: Incrementality of Adaptation Presented by N. Telahigue CLIMTRAIN 2nd Workshop IFAD, Rome 20 Nov 2008

  2. Sierra Leone: Overview Total area 71,740 sq km tropical hot and humid; summer rainy season (May to December); winter dry season (December to April) arable land: 7.95%, permanent crops: 1.05% 75% of the population work in agriculture, contributing about 45 % of GDP, but farmers are among the poorest in the country.

  3. Environmental characteristics and constraints

  4. Vulnerability to climate change High risks on food security of strictly rain-fed rice cultivation

  5. Vulnerability to climate change According to the Initial National Communication (INC), sectors that are most vulnerable to climate change are: • Agriculture, Fishery and Food Security; • Water Resources; • Forests and Natural Resources; • Land Erosion and Human Settlement; • Coastal Region, and • Human Health.

  6. NAPA- Agriculture Sector-Selected priority adaptation activities/options Irrigation and land drainage system for agricultural activities. Improved soil management, Agricultural land-use and land cover management plans. Training on climate change and agriculture Improve food storage facilities and establish seed banks. Promote swamp land farming

  7. NAPA integration : The theoretical approach NAPA intervention Environmental benefits Adaptation Incremental (CT) GEF Core operations (B) Country Responsibility (A) Business as usual without climate change

  8. How does it translate into practice ?

  9. Development vs. Adaptation objectives Adaptation objectives Adaptation Incremental LDCF Development objectives RADEP Community development plans Demand-driven infrastructure projects Support business models in key supply chain Income generating activities (micro-projects)

  10. LDCF Increment

  11. LDCF Increment • Map and characterise Highly vulnerable areas of inland swap rice production • 100 ha of inland swamps in climate risky areas are more resilient (to produce produce rice at least 80 % of the lowest yielding limit: average - 2 t/ha) • Rice yields increased and at least 2 crops/yr secured. Increased water use efficiency for irrigation in the uplands • Small scale irrigation schemes promoted (100 ha in the uplands) • Improved drainage systems and water control measures implemented in critical lowland sites (sites with high iron toxicity and low fertility) • Advice to FBOs on sustainable water management and soil fertility/best practices Weather stations improved /established and functional in 16 stations (2 in each targeted district) • Procurement of modern weather measurement and observation equipment for Agriculture. • Capacity building, training and awareness raising

  12. Expected adaptation benefits • Climate-proofed operations under the BAU scenario • Reduced vulnerability to climate change of rural small-scale farmers and reduced risk of food insecurity • Enhanced complementarities of autonomous adaptation and planned adaptation • Improved observation and monitoring of climatic variability and impact on agriculture • Increased capacity to create a sound enabling environment for mainstreaming adaptation to climate change at different scales

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